Willard Drive in Princeton, Kentucky

Willard Drive in Princeton is a residential street. It runs in an east-west direction starting from Cecile Drive and ends at Vivian Drive.

Road Type: residential street
Route: east-west

Tourist information centers

Cedar Hill Cemetery (Marker Number: 2623). EDAR HILL CEMETERY - Cedar Hill Cemetery, known as City Cemetery until 1918, was founded in 1809. The first known burial was Capt. William Prince, founder of Princeton. The cemetery includes 32 box-tombs, some made before 1835 by Scottish stone mason Jo – approx. 0.5 mi.
William Prince, 1752-1810 (Marker Number: 2330). Born in Virginia, his family moved to Spartanburg Co., S.C. in 1768. During the Revolutionary War, he served as captain in Col. Benjamin Roebuck’s S.C. Spartan regiment. After completing his military duty, he led a party of family & friends through – approx. 0.8 mi.
Princeton Tourist Welcome Center at East Market Street 206 (42445) – approx. 0.8 mi.
Converging of Indian Trails (Marker Number: 1916) – approx. 0.9 mi.
County Named, 1809 (Marker Number: 834). For General John Caldwell. Born Va.; came Ky., 1781. Maj. Gen. in militia; Indian campaigns. With George Rogers Clark, 1786. Member Danville Conventions, 1787, 1788, which adopted petition "demanding admission into the Union." State Senator, 1 – approx. 0.9 mi.
Site of Dotson School (Marker Number: 2183). In 1910, Princeton High School was the only high school in the vicinity for blacks. In 1920s name was changed to Dotson High School in honor of John Dotson, a prominent black businessman in Princeton. In 1938, Federal WPA officials approved construction – approx. 0.9 mi.
Big Springs Park Information Board – approx. 0.9 mi.
Courthouse Burned (Marker Number: 579). Gen. Hylan B. Lyon with 800 men invaded Ky., Dec. 1864, to enforce CSA draft law and divert USA from Nashville. In 23 days he burned seven courthouses used by Union forces. (See map on reverse side.) US troops fled Princeton as Lyon came from Eddyville. – approx. 0.9 mi.
Shandy Hall (Princeton) (Marker Number: 1902). Shandy Hall, two-story stone home built on bluff above Big Spring, built by William Prince on his 200-acre survey made in 1798. Prince, a Rev. War veteran from S.C., began town on waters of Eddy Creek. In 1817, Princetown became county seat of Caldwell – approx. 0.9 mi.
Trail of Tears (Marker Number: 142). At this point on the "Varmintrace" Road from Princeton toward Cumberland River the Cherokee Indians in 1838 camped on the 1200-mile "Trail of Tears." The enforced trek began in the Great Smoky Mountains and led westward to Indian Ter – approx. 0.9 mi.
Black Patch War (Marker Number: 145). Black Patch War Here on December 1, 1906, began Black Patch War, which lasted to the end of 1908. "Night Riders" fought against non-cooperative farmers and businessmen who opposed the dark tobacco pool. – approx. 0.9 mi.